International Training Symposium for Typhoon and Flood Disaster Reduction - Taipei, Taiwan 21 March - 25 March 2005

Abstract

In order to promote international collaborations on science and technology with the developing countries, an international research and training project was proposed by the National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan. The National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR), as a major technical organisation on disaster reduction and prevention, was assigned to host the affairs. The training program is designed in the form of short workshops to share experience with the related government officials and engineers from the developing Asian countries. By this kind of activities, the disasterprevention technologies of the participating countries can be largely improved to reduce the impacts and losses caused by these accidents.